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Sara Sara is a 5,505-metre-high (18,061 ft) volcano lying between the lake Parinaqucha and the Ocoña River in Peru. It is situated in the Parinacochas Province, Puyusca District, and in the Paucar del Sara Sara Province, in the districts Pausa and Sara Sara.[2]
The Spanish priest Cristobal de Albornoz noted in 1583 that Sara Sara was one of the most important sacred places in the southern part of Peru, with 2,000 colonists sent by the Inca emperor for its service. The American archaeologist Johan Reinhard surveyed a site on its summit in 1983 and he and Peruvian archaeologist Jose Antonio Chavez led a team that uncovered more than a dozen statues and a female Inca mummy (later nicknamed Sarita) on the summit in 1996. Their expedition was transmitted "live" over the Internet.[3] The findings made on Sara Sara are currently stored at the Museo de Santuarios Andinos in Arequipa.
The archaeological group of Sara Sara was recommended to be declared a National Cultural Heritage in 2003.[4]
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Sara Sara and Parinaqucha (background) as seen from Inka Wasi
Further reading
Reinhard, Johan (2005). The Ice Maiden: Inca Mummies, Mountain Gods, and Sacred Sites in the Andes. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society. ISBN 0-7922-6838-5.
See also
References
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Northern Volcanic Zone
(6° N–3° S) |
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Central Volcanic Zone
(15°–27° S) |
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Southern Volcanic Zone
(33°–46° S) |
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Austral Volcanic Zone
(49°–55° S) |
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Note: volcanoes are ordered by latitude from north to south
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- Acaray
- Amaru Marka Wasi
- Arhuaturo
- Asana
- Asiru Phat'jata
- Aspero
- Awila Qhincha Mach'ay
- Awkin Punta
- Awkillu Waqra
- Awkimarka (Apurímac)
- Awkimarka (Huánuco)
- Awqa Punta
- Aya Muqu
- Ayamach'ay
- Ayawayq'u
- Azángaro
- Baths of Boza
- Bandurria
- Buena Vista
- Cahuachi
- Cajamarquilla
- Cao Viejo
- Carajía
- Caral
- Caves of Sumbay
- Cerro Baúl
- Cerro Pátapo
- Cerro Trinidad
- Chakamarka
- Chan Chan
- Chankillo
- Chauchilla Cemetery
- Chavín de Huantar
- Chawaytiri
- Chichakuri
- Chipaw Marka
- Chuqik'iraw
- Chuqik'iraw Pukyu
- Chuqi Pukyu
- Churajón
- Chuya
- Ch'iqullu
- Cota Coca
- Cumbe Mayo
- El Brujo
- El Cañoncillo
- El Ingenio
- El Paraíso
- Garagay
- Gran Pajáten
- Gran Vilaya
- Guitarrero Cave
- Hatun Rumiyuq
- Hatun Mach'ay
- Hatun Misapata
- Hatun Uchku
- Hatun Usnu
- Hatunmarka
- Hunqupampa
- Inka Mach'ay
- Inka Raqay, Apurímac
- Inka Raqay, Ayacucho
- Inka Tampu, Cajamarca
- Inka Tampu, Huayopata
- Inka Tampu, Vilcabamba
- Inka Tunuwiri
- Inka Uyu
- Inka Wasi, Ayacucho
- Inka Wasi, Huancavelica
- Inka Wasi, Lima
- Inkapintay
- Inkill Tampu
- Inti Punku
- Inti Watana, Ayacucho
- Inti Watana, Calca
- Inti Watana, Urubamba
- Intikancha
- Intini Uyu Pata
- Intipa Ñawin
- Intiyuq K'uchu
- Iskuqucha
- Isuq
- Jinkiori
- Jisk'a Iru Muqu
- Kanichi
- Killa Mach'ay
- Killa Rumi
- Killarumiyuq
- Kiswar
- Kotosh
- Kuelap
- Kukuli
- Kuntur Wasi
- Kunturmarka, Ayacucho
- Kunturmarka, Pasco
- Kuntur Qaqa
- Kuntuyuq
- Kusichaka valley
- Kutimpu
- Khichuqaqa
- Khuchi Mach'ay
- K'allapayuq Urqu
- K'anamarka
- K'ipakhara
- Laguna de las Momias
- Lawriqucha
- Layzón
- Llamachayuq
- Llamachayuq Qaqa
- Llamayuq
- Llamuqa
- Llaqta Qulluy, Acoria
- Llaqta Qulluy, Conayca
- Llaqta Qulluy, Tayacaja
- Llaqta Qulluy, Vilca
- Llaqtan
- Llaqtapata
- Machu Pikchu
- Machu Pirqa
- Machu Pitumarka
- Machu Q'inti
- Machu Qullqa
- Mameria
- Maray Qalla
- Marayniyuq
- Markahirka
- Markansaya
- Markapukyu
- Markawamachuku
- Marpa
- Mawk'allaqta, Castilla
- Mawk'allaqta, Espinar
- Mawk'allaqta, La Unión
- Mawk'allaqta, Melgar
- Mawk'allaqta, Paruro
- Mawk'allaqta, Sandia
- Mawk'ataray
- Mayqu Amaya
- Mazur
- Mikulla
- Millka
- Miraflores
- Mirq'imarka
- Miyu Pampa
- Mulinuyuq
- Mullu Q'awa
- Mulluq'u
- Muray
- Muyu Muyu
- Muyu Urqu
- Muyuq Marka
- Nazca Lines
- Nina Kiru
- Ninamarka
- Ñawpallaqta, Huanca Sancos
- Ñawpallaqta, Fajardo
- Ñawpallaqta, Lucanas
- Ñust'a Hisp'ana
- Pacatnamu
- Pachakamaq
- Pachatusan
- Paiján
- Pañamarka
- Paracas Candelabra
- Paraxra
- Patallaqta
- Phiruru
- Pikillaqta
- Pikimach'ay
- Pilluchu
- Pinkuylluna
- Pirqa Pirqa, La Libertad
- Pirqa Pirqa, Lima
- Pirwalla
- Pirwayuq
- P'isaq
- Puka Pukara
- Puka Tampu
- Puka Urqu
- Pukara, Coporaque
- Pukara, Fajardo
- Pukara, Puno
- Pukara, Vilcas Huamán
- Pukarani
- Pumamarka, San Sebastián
- Pumamarka, Urubamba
- Pumaq Hirka
- Pumawasi
- Punkuri
- Puqin Kancha
- Puruchuco
- Purum Llaqta, Cheto
- Purum Llaqta, Soloco
- Pusharo
- Pusuquy Pata
- Phuyupatamarka
- Qaqapatan
- Qillqatani
- Quchapata
- Qillqa
- Qillqay Mach'ay
- Quchapampa
- Quiaca
- Qullqanpata
- Qullqapampa
- Qulu Qulu
- Qunchamarka
- Qunchupata
- Quri Winchus
- Qurikancha
- Qurimarka, Apurímac
- Qurimarka, Cusco
- Quriwayrachina, Anta
- Quriwayrachina, Ayacucho
- Quriwayrachina, La Convención
- Quyllur
- Q'arachupa
- Qasa Pata
- Qhapaq Kancha
- Q'illaywasin
- Q'inqu
- Q'inq'u
- Raimondi Stele
- Raqch'i
- Revash
- Rumiqullqa
- Rumiwasi
- Runayuq
- Runkuraqay
- Saksaywaman
- Sara Sara
- Sayaqmarka
- Sayhuite
- Sechin
- Sillustani
- Sipán
- Suntur
- Susupillu
- Tambo Totem
- Tampu Mach'ay, Cusco
- Tampu Mach'ay, Huancavelica
- Tampukancha
- Tanqa Tanqa
- Tantarica
- Taqrachullu
- Tarawasi
- Tarmatampu
- Templo del Zorro
- The Toads of Wiraqucha
- Tikra
- Tinyaq
- Tipón
- Titiqaqa
- Toquepala Caves
- Toro Muerto
- Trinchera
- Túcume
- Tunanmarka
- Tunay Q'asa
- Tupu Inka
- T'akaq
- T'uqu T'uquyuq
- Uchkus Inkañan
- Ullantaytampu
- Urpish
- Uskallaqta
- Usnu, Ayacucho
- Usnu, Huánuco
- Usnu Muqu
- Usqunta
- Uyu Uyu
- Venado cautivo
- Ventanillas de Otuzco
- Ventarron
- Vitcos
- Wak'a del Dragón
- Wak'a Wallamarka
- Wak'a de la Luna
- Wak'a del Sol
- Wak'a of San Marcos
- Wak'a of Santa Ana
- Wak'a Prieta
- Wak'a Pukllana
- Wallpayunka
- Waman Pirqa
- Wamanilla
- Wamanmarka, Chumbivilcas
- Wamanmarka, La Convención
- Wamanmarka, Lima
- Wamp'uy
- Wanakawri, Cusco
- Wanakawri, Huánuco
- Wanqaran
- Wanuku Pampa
- Waqlamarka
- Waqramarka
- Waqra Pukara
- Waqutu
- Warahirka
- Waraqayuq
- Waraqu Urqu
- Warawtampu
- Wari ruins
- Wari Willka
- Waruq
- Wat'a, Cusco
- Wat'a, Huánuco
- Wayna Pikchu
- Wayna Q'inti
- Wayna Tawqaray
- Wayra Punku
- Wichama
- Wichqana
- Wich'un
- Wila Wilani
- Willka
- Willkapampa
- Willkaraqay
- Willkawaman
- Willkawayin
- Wiñaw
- Wiñay Wayna
- Wiraqucha Pirqa
- Wiraquchapampa
- Yanaca
- Yanaqi - Qillqamarka
- Yaynu
- Yuraq Mach'ay
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